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| HER Number: | MDV60804 |
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| Name: | Buckland House, Icehouse |
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Summary
Site of icehouse.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 475 085 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS40NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Filleigh |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND FILLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS40NE/4/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ICEHOUSE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Beamon, S. P. + Roaf, S., 1990, The Ice-Houses of Britain, 241 (Monograph). SDV21550.
Buckland House School. All that remains of the ice-house is a pit lying below the Buckland House lake in woods that are worked by a commercial forestry company for an absentee owner. There is a mound of iron cinder (pre-blast furnace) not far away from the pit and it is possible that the pit, used as an ice-house, was originally an ore pit. Pit diam approx 4.5-6m , depth of silt + rubble 3m.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV21550 | Monograph: Beamon, S. P. + Roaf, S.. 1990. The Ice-Houses of Britain. The Ice-Houses of Britain. A4 Stapled + Digital. 241. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 4 2006 8:10PM |
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